MULTILINGUAL CHARACTERS

Disclaimer : Mga simpleng alam ko lang ang nasa blog na ito. Compilation ng mga naalala ko pa from my college educ pero kung me additional info kayo or correction, palagay na lang sa comment at I will add it here accordingly. Wag sana tayong troll. These info are posted here for TOPpers and writers from TOP. If you are neither, feel free to be high and might somewhere else. Ktnx.

HERE WE GO.

HOW TO DEAL WITH MULTILINGUAL CHARACTERS

Kung English ang ginamit na language no need to say that it was said in English. If the sentence you wrote is in Filipino kasi in general ang conversation nila is in *insert whatever foreign language your character speaks*, ok lang not to mention it after that. Adjusted na sa isip ng mga readers mo that the characters are speaking in *that foreign language* after you mention it once na they are speaking in that language to each other. 

*established na that si BB Bidang Boi ay Korean*

example:

"Ano bang problema mo sa akin?" sigaw nito sa sariling wika. 

"Marami! Maraming marami akong problema sa iyo!" sagot niya sa kaparehong wika. 

"Ano nga?" angil ni Kevin. 

"Maraming maraming nagkakagusto sa iyo. Nasasaktan ako." sinisinok na sagot niya. 

Tila natameme ang lalaki sa sinabi niya. Saka dahan-dahang nilapitan siya nito. Di siya makatingin sa mukha nito kaya't sa Doc Martens nito siya nakipag-usap. "Hindi ko na kayang magtiis. Gusto ko akin ka lang."

Naramdaman niya ang pagyakap nito sa kanya. "Pabo. Ikaw lang ang sarang ko. Sila, ssaeng fans lang. Ako. Ako lang ang may bias sa iyo. Sila tagapalakpak lang." 

Kailangang ilagay sa narration in italics ung translations ng mga foreign words and sentences. Pero shempre kakamatay na isulat un in that language then use Filipino.

Mention the shift in the language only if the Filipino dialogue was meant to be in

another language.

fictional example : The man is Korean. The woman is American.

"Shibal!" napamura si Yongji sa sobrang galit. "Hindi ko alam kung pano ko pang

ipapaliwanag sa iyo na wala akong relasyon sa babaeng un." patuloy nito sa sariling

wika.

"What did you just say to me?" hinarap ni Sara ang binata. "Wag mo akong ma-Hangul

hangul na lintik ka dahil baka ikaw ang magkanosebleed kapag nag-English ako ng

diretso." sa sobrang inis ay hindi na niya napansin na nag-Hangul na rin siya.

"Sorry ha, kapag lasing o galit na galit ka nga lang pala magaling mag-Hanggul.

Fine. I'll speak plain. How many freaking times do I have to tell you that I don't

have a relationship or never had one with that woman? I love you. I have a

relationship with you! Gets mo na?"

***TRILINGUAL characters or bilingual characters are hard to deal with. And you

need to remember your readers ALWAYS. Make your story readable and understandable.

Romance is a nobrainer read. But that doesn't mean your readers are dumb. But

romance should be an easy read not a JRR Tolkein one.

Romance is in POPULAR Filipino. 70% if not 80% if it should be in Filipino.

SHOW VS TELL : HOW TO NARRATE YOUR NOVEL

Disclaimer : Mga simpleng alam ko lang ang nasa blog na ito. Compilation ng mga naalala ko pa from my college educ pero kung me additional info kayo or correction, palagay na lang sa comment at I will add it here accordingly. Wag sana tayong troll. These info are posted here for TOPpers and writers from TOP. If you are neither, feel free to be high and might somewhere else. Ktnx.


Here we go.

Minsan kasi more more dialogue lang sa story. This is not ok.

Remember that there should be more SHOW then there are TELLs in your story. When you state a fact that is a TELL when you describe the surrounding and the emotion of the characters or make them move a certain way to show how they are really feeling versus the dialogue then you give the reader a mental picture, that's a SHOW.

It's ok to make it long muna then shorten it later. But if your narrative lacks visualization mejo bulag din ung reader mo. Kulang sila sa kakayahang MAKITA ang mundong sinulat mo. Remember that THEY CAN NOT READ YOUR MIND. Sa isip nating mga writers malinaw nating nakikita ang mundong ginagalawan ng ating mga characters BUT unless na isulat mo iyon sa narration mo, hindi un malalaman ng readers.

Maraming mga writers lalo na online na tinitipid ang mga narration ng kanilang kwento. Bad un. I personally write lang mga scenes na sunud-sunod ang dialogue pag me sense of urgency sa conversation nila. 

Usually script like dialogues happen when the people talking are doing it so fast

that the reader must read the dialogues right after each other.

i.e. fictional - away

"I don't understand this. Why would you do this?" naiiyak na tanong ni Ruru kay

Scott.

"Because you are lying to me!" galit nitong sagot sa kanya.

"I am not lying to you!"

"You are!"

"I'm not!"

"Then tell me that you are not in love with my cousin! Tell me and I would stop

hurting. I would stop hurting so much that I want to hurt him too."

Natahimik si Ruru sa sinabi ni Scott. She didn't know that he knew about her

feelings.

"Tell me that you don't love him and I would stay."

"I can't..."

Kitang-kita niya ang paglaglag ng balikat ng dating minamahal. And it tore her

heart. Hindi niya inakalang masasaktan niya ito ng ganun ganun na lamang. She was

hurting too. Pero hindi pwedeng paasahin niya ito sa wala. Nalilito man siya sa

nararamdaman niya para kay Toshi pero alam niyang hindi na niya mahal si Scott.

Akmang hahawakan niya si Scott pero naglakad ito patalikod para iwasan siya. One

step back that ended her resolve. He was giving up on her, nakikita niya sa mata

nitong wala na itong gana pang ipagpatuloy na ipaglaban ang relasyon nila, ang

damdamin nito.

"I'm sorry, Scott."

"You should be." pagkuwa'y tumalikod na ang binata at tuluyan nang nawala sa

kanyang buhay.

***if you notice the script like parts are for rapid and very emotional scenes most

of the time. It is necessary for the lines to be read right after each other

because the narration breaks the flow of the emotion. So don't do this script- like

thing unless in a similar situation

ie. dying person

"Don't leave me." naiiyak na usal ni Sasha.

"I'm sorry I can't stay..."

"Don't leave me...please, Josh! Josh, please...please don't die."

"I'll love you..." napa-ubo ito pero nagpatuloy pa rin, "...always." dahan-dahang

bumagal ang paghinga nito.

"Josh..."

Bumuka ang bibig nito na wari ba ang nagsasabi ng always

"Jooooooooooooooossssssssh!" hindi niya matanggap na wala na ito. Always meant

nothing kung wala na ito sa tabi niya. Always was just another broken promise like

forever.

  

POV and Voices

Honestly I don't know what they are called officially but for this part let's just call POV the general way the story is told. In TOP novels it's best to place them in The 3rd person or the Niya POV.

Then there is the person whose "voice" or point of reference is used for the said chapter. *that is not the official name for it pero I am sure someone would correct me and I can change that later.

Reminder : MAX of TWO voices in the story. The Bidang Girl - BG and the Bidang Boy - BB.

Pero minsan gusto ng writer me 2 voices sa isang chapter pero isa dito hindi si BG or BB. Pero dapat the world in the story revolves around the BG and the BB lang. Kung papano nila nauunawaan at nakikita ang mundong ginagalawan nila ganun dapat. UNLESS me pangyayari na revealed lang sa reader para magprogress ang story. At usually iyon ay para naman umusad ang aksyon. Para malaman ng readers na nasa panganib ang mga characters o magreveal ng mga possible obstacle sa buhay ni BG at ni BB.

DAPAT SA UNA PA LANG NAKAPILI KA NA kung sinong pinakabida mo si BB ba o si BG. para ung voice na ang dominant sa story mo.

EXAMPLE:

NAKITA ni Ruru ang pagkapanalo ng manlalarong nasa bandang kanan. Narining niya ang
sigawan ng mga fans nito.


"That's my cousin!" sigaw ng kanyang kasintahan. Kita sa mukha ni Scott na proud na
proud ito sa pinsan.
Lumapit ito sa kanila saka nag-bow ng parang naka-90 degrees, tanda ng labis na
paggalang sa Japan. Nag-bow rin siya dito bilang pagbati.


"Ruru, this is my cousin Toshi, Toushiro Yamagi. Toshi, this is by beloved Ruru,
Rusandra Montenegro soon to be Greyson." naramdaman niya ang pagpisil ng kasintahan
sa kanyang balikat nang akbayan siya nito.


HINDI maintindihan ni Scott kung bakit tila kakaiba ang nararamdaman niya mula nang
lumapit ang kanyang pinsan sa kanila ni Ruru. Malapit siya sa pinsan niya at ito
ang lagi niyang kinakamusta sa mga kapamilya kapag nasa Japan siya. It could be the
way that he was looking at her o sadyang kinakabahan lang siya tuwinang may
humahanga sa kanyang nobya.


Pero dahil na rin sa nararamdaman niyang iyon, napagpasyahan niyang ituloy na ang
proposal niya mamayang gabi. Mahirap na ang may makasingit pa. Kahit na pinsan pa
niya hindi niya mapapatawad kapag dumiga ito sa kanyang minamahal. Ruru is his and
he was hers for keeps.


NANIKIP ang dibdib ni Toshi nang makita ang pagpisil ng pinsan niya sa balikat ni

Rusandra. Kilala niyang hindi possessive sa mga babae ang pinsan pero mukhang iba
na itong si Ruru. Sinubukan niyang hindi mahalata ng pinsan na hindi niya
nagustuhan ang PDA nito kaya't nakangiti pa rin siyang humarap ulit dito.
"Mukhang na-starstruck na si Toushiro!" biro ng kanyang coach.

Teaser Example : Crimson Love

This is just an example
Check the HOW TO HERE to get more info 

Ever1 : (EIC version one) Example with a question in the end - Le Hook
Toushiro Yamagi fell for Rusandra "Ruru" Montenegro after meeting her in Tokyo Japan. Ruru was caught between Toshi's (or whatever his nickname is) persistent love and the respect she had for her boyfriend, Scott Greyson, Toshi's cousin.

Would she risk her heart with Toshi or stay with Scott's comforting arms?

Ever2: Example with a declarative sentence where the main character needs to make a choice between two people or two really bad situations.
Loving two men was never a part of Ruru's plans. She was perfectly fine loving Scott Greyson and had been dreaming of turning Rusandra Montenegro to Rusandra Greyson soon. That was before Soctt's cousin Toushiro Yamagi came into her life.

Now she needs to chose which one to keep, the man who loved her or the man who made her heart beat fast again.


Ever3: Example with lines from the story
Toushiro Yamagi was caught in a rock and a hard place. The woman he loved is his favorite cousin's girlfriend. Rusandra Montenegro was a proper lady, the kind that was for keeps. But how could he keep her in his life when she was never his in the first place?

“G-give me back my kiss.” maktol na sabi pa ni Ruru kay Toushiro.

"Don't worry, I'll give it back with interest."

I hope this was able to help you! <3 

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Format or Freestyle?

Alam ko na maraming mga naglalabasang mga writing website na pwedeng pagsulatan ng mga kung anupamang maisipan mong isulat pero minsan talaga sumasakit ang ulo ko sa mga taong wagas kung makapagsulat sa sites na tulad ng Wattpad at kung trip mo ang fanfictions ay sa Asianfanfics.com na para bang walang natutunan sa mga teacher nila nung elementary o high school sa kung anong hitsura talaga ng isang nobela.

Dahil mahilig akong maglista, ilista natin.

1. KUNG MAKAPAG-SPACE WAGAS peeps

Alam nyo na to, kailangan pa bang i-explain. Ito ung tipong kung sa cellphone mo binabasa ang kwento ay me mga akala mo blank pages un pala wagas lang makapagspace si ate. Akala nya cliffhanger ang tawag sa ginagawa niya pero hindi talaga kung di inishanger.

2. PLEASE VOTE/COMMENT aka SOCIAL WRITER

Ito ung mas madalas pang mag-reply sa mga comments at hingi ng hingi ng advice pero hindi mo naman maramdaman *o mabasa* ang improvement sa kanyang mga kwento. Tipong ginagawang facebook ang mga comments section ng kanyang sinusulat para lang magkaroon ng connection with the readers. Para sa mga ganito my suggestion is to go offline at magsulat na muna bago magpost ng mga chapters na paulit-ulit lang ang mga mapupuna mong obvious and glaring mistakes.

3. VIRGIN WRITERS

There is nothing wrong sa kung first time mo pa lang mag-sulat. Pero kung hindi mo pa alam ang gagawin mo at hindi ka pa talaga nakabasa ng mga actual na libro sa buhay mo at hindi mo masunod ang paraan ng pagkakasulat ng mga iyon, pwes malamang dapat ka munang magsulat sa Word mo at isipin mo ng mabuti, hawig na ba sa isang totoong nobela ang ginawa ko? Kung hindi pa ang sagot, please lang spare us the agony at paki-re-read and format ng akda mo. So that your readers can focus on the contents.

4. GRAMMAR FORGETters

Hindi ko sinasabing perfect ako sa mga words at grammar ko sa mga akda ko. Lagi kong nahuhuli ang sarili ko na mali ang spelling ng ibang mga words. Tulad na lang nitong huli unpresidented and sinulat ko imbes na unprecedented *sinara ko kasi ang autocorrect ko sa openoffice word ko kasi nakakaloka ang mga red lines pag Filipino ang ginagamit mong language. So there is bound to be one or more words na misspelled mo or di kaya ay hindi mo talaga makikitang me typo ka na pala. Pero ang point ko dito ay REREAD, REVISE AT REWRITE. Ang writer na tama mag-edit ng work nya ay walang hiya at tamad. Sinasayang nya lang ang oras ng kanyang mambabasa. Bukod pa sa brain cells na namamatay dahil sa mga ganitong babasahin.

5. NO NARRATION writers

Merong format na talagang hindi ko magets. Yung tipong dialogue lang ang malinaw pero ung kilos ng mga characters di mo maintindihan kung pano sila gumagalaw sa kwento. Dahil ang writer hindi marunong mag "paint a picture" mode. Puro ito tell walang SHOW. Ibig sabihin hindi nito ginagamit ang narration para ipinta ang mundong ginagalawan ng mga characters.

Sa buhay ko bilang writers at editor me moments talaga na nag-nosebleed ako dahil sa pag-eedit ko ng mga kwento. Pero hindi ko akalain na me mas wagas pa sa mga kwentong yun. Sana lang mabasa nila ito at marealize nila sa kanilang mga sarili na baka naman me room for improvement pa sila. Mentality lang nila ang kailangan nga adjustment.

A writer is his or her worst critique. A piece should have been the best of what could be made at a given time. If changes could be made at a later time, with fresh eyes, one should never be ashamed to move forward and make those changes. Talent in storytelling is one thing but writing is a skill that can be improved in time, with effort and open-mindedness.

Personally I believe e-book man o hindi ang sinusulat ng isang manunulat dapat nitong siguraduhin ang comfort ng kanyang tagapagbasa. Kung maayos nilang maiipresenta ang kanilang akda mas matutuwa ang mga mambabasa nila.

So as for Format vs Freestyle, I think I would stick to the old school.


 

HOW TO FIND INSPIRATION for ROMANCE NOVEL WRITING

1. Make friends.

What I learned from my favorite professor in college is that "A writer needs friends." not because of the adage that a man is not an island but because you need friends to make you live your life outside of the confines of your own home.

Good friends make the best heroines. Bad friends or people who hurt you make the best villains.

2. People watch as often as you can.

This is probably the most lucrative way for a newb to get inspiration. If you are in the mall or just in the park, absorb while you observe. Best way to do this? Wear earphones but don't plug it into a device or if you do, don't play any music. You have now a pretend barrier and people can now freely do whatever they want and believe me you will pick up some awesome chatter.

3. Learn something new everyday and acknowledge it.

In the world where GOOGLE exists, people tend to be lax when it comes to learning new things. As a writer you don't have the luxury of being stagnant. Even if you can read blogs and google just about everything you need to place on your novel, the bottom line is that feeling would be missing.

4. Experience is the best teacher.

Do not be afraid to love and to explore your feelings. If you are not able to acknowledge your own feelings, how can you explain it to others? How would you be able to paint a picture of a place that you have never been to but already exists. So travel as much as you can, make a lot of memories and draw from there the settings of your work and the people in your life can be pieces of the people that you write about.

5. Acknowledge REAL LOVE when you see it.

I am sure there are people out there or in your life who can show you or you can talk to about this. It could be an older person or even an elderly person. Ask them for advice about how to find true love and perhaps stories of how love cam in their lives. Based on a true story may not be that old, but it's great to know that REAL and TRUE LOVE exists in the world. And that inspiration, more than anything would help you. Mine are my parents. Best love story ever, going strong 27 years too. ^.^

6. Read other styles and genre.

If you are stuck in the Romance genre, you would start getting stagnant and just like water, it breeds all sorts of things and starts to...stink. So think of your love for writing as water and your genre as a tiny tributary that leads to a river that leads to the sea to an ocean. If you keep your water in just one place and it never flows to meet other bodies of water then eventually it would dry up. Surely it would find it's way back to the ocean as rain but it would never flow back to where it was in the first place.

7. Filter your media.

As much as the world is full of posts, comments and links, you don't have to see everyone of them. If you are full of stimuli your brain would be blotted and won't have enough time to process everything. You might end up with a social networking addiction that would cut time for your writing. As much as maybe a writing group would help, writing time should not be FB or (insert later social network that is booming) time either.

8. FACETIME with other homo sapiens.

To help you make believable dialogues and know the way people do talk then you need to listen to them, interact and actually figure out that there are new "words" and trends that are out there.

9. Read more literary books and ingest a lot of poems.

10. Fall in love and fall out of love.


 

Basic Characters in a Romance Novel

Minsan nalilito ako sa mga habi-habi at mala-Mexican telenovela na mga relasyon ng mga character ng mga kwentong nababasa ko sa mga baguhang manunulat. Parang ang daming mga tao sa universe nila at sabay-sabay nilang pinalalabas at pinagsasalita ang mga ito. Kaya mahihilo ka at mangangailangan ng chracter guide dahil hindi mo na alam kung sino ang alin. Sa Romance pocketbook me bida. Ang bida me kapareha. Simple lang di ba?

Mali. Mas mahirap ang simple. Kaya nga sa umpisa parang lahat na lang ng mga tao sa universe ng iyong nobela gusto mong pagsama-samahin sa mga kaganapan na magtutulak sa bida at sa kanyan kapareha para maging happilly ever after na sila.

Bida - dapat pinakakilala mo ito sa lahat ng mga characters mo. Ultimo sa reaksyon niya sa iba't ibang sitwasyon ay alam mo. Kailangan kaya mong mag-isip ng tulad niya sa pagkakataong reaksyon niya ang mahalaga. 

Kapareha - siya ang makapagbabago o makasisira sa dati nang ugali or persona ng iyong bida. Siya ang inspirasyon, tagapagligtas o bida-kontrabida sa buhay ng iyong Bida. Sa mga romance novels importante kung papaanong ipapakilala mo ang Kapareha sa bida. 

*sa totoo lang sawang sawa na ako sa mga nagkakabungguang mga Bida at Kapareha dahil di naman lahat ng bida ay klutz na tulad ko* Challenge ko sa iyo na magsulat ka ng unique pero makatotohanang scenario kung papaanong magiging parte ng buhay ni Bida si Kapareha. 

Kontrabida - kailangan nito. Merong maraming uri ng kontrabida. Ung typical na siyang me gusto ke Bida o Kapareha at goal niya na mukha ito mula sa katuwang ng puso nito. Pero maari din ito maging traydor na kaibigan o dating kalampi na kalaban pala, na sa opinion ko ay mahirap na isulat sa plot, magiging complicated pero astig di ba?

Ang Bestie - madalas me ganito lalo na at babae ang bida. At ang reader mo ay madaling makarelate sa character na ito kasi malamang sa malamang ay sila o tulad ng isa sa mga kaclose nila sa totoong buhay. Siguraduhing hindi masyadong supporting actress or actor ang mode nito. Character pa rin sila sa universe mo. Although bestie sya di ibig sabihin nun ay dapat shallow ang character mo at custom made lang para maging friend ni Bida or Kapareha. Kung magagawa mo ng buo ang tauhang ito, pwede mo siyang maging bida o kapareha para sa ibang pares.

Supporting Cast - di kailangang sobrang daming taong nasa mundo mo. Pwedeng me mga taong bayan, or kamag-anakan ang characters mo pero bukod sa pangalan, hitsura at silbi nila sa kwento, once o twice mo lang naman sila papalitawin, wag mo silang masyadong pagsalitain unless words of wisdom ang sasabihin nila at mahalaga ang kanilang contribution sa kwento.

sorry mahilig lang talaga ako sa BigBang at sila ang mga pics sa computer ko

Fairy God Character - para itong daddy long legs or Deo Ex Machina. Ung parang siya ang siyang aayos ng problema ng lahat para happy ang ending or maayos ang buhay ng isang naaping character. Last resort dapat ito. At least para sa akin ha.

A deus ex machina ( /ˈdeɪ.əs ɛks ˈmɑːkiːnə/ or /ˈdiːəs ɛks ˈmækɨnə/ day-əs eks mah-kee-nə;^[1] Latin: "god from the machine"; plural: dei ex machina) is a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem is suddenly and abruptly solved with the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new event, character, ability, or object. (wikipedia)


Ika nga, mahirap ang simple. Pero ang lahat ng iba pang mga hindi mahahalagang relasyon sa inyong kwento, strip it down. Ang pinsan ng kaibigan ng bida ay hindi ganuon kahalaga. Minimize the people in the scene. Minsan nga three is a crowd. Pero mas maiinit ang mga tagpo kapag si Bida at si Kapareha lang ang nasa iisang lugar. 

 

How to Make a Teaser

How to make a teaser 
by Pinaywriter 

Disclaimer: All tips here are made by yours truly. Backlink to show me some respect if you are going to link it to your blog. And do not copy paste it on your blog. Just get a highlight then link back here. Get it? 

Ang purpose ng teaser ay parang yuong nasa likuran ng isang paperback pocketbook. Ito ang binabasa ng reader o ng buyer para magdesisyon kung bibilhin niya o babasahin ang isang libro. 


 Three Paragraphs Four Sentences each - 12 sentences max

Ito ang ilan sa mga halimbawa nito. Pero mas mahaba sila kesa sa ginagawa sa atin.

Synopsis/Teaser ng Dark Lover ni Arielle

    Kinomisyon si Selene ng multibillionaire Chinese businessman na si Jason Long para gawan ng tig-iisang portrait ang pitong anak nito. 

    Sa pagdating niya sa Villa Lucinda ay isa-isang nakilala niya ang pitong anak nito. Wala siyang kamalay-malay na sa pagpunta niya roon ay malalagay siya sa isang pagsubok na ibinigay ni Jason Loong. At madadawit dito ang isa sa pitong lalaki. 

   Komplikado ang sitwasyon na nasuungan niya. Natuklasan niyang kailangan siyang umibig at magdalang-tao sa lalaking nagsasagawa ng misyon habang nananatiling lihim ang pagkatao nito. 

   Mautak at tuso ang binatang magpapaibig sa kanya. At ang kapalaran at puso niya ay malalagay sa palad nito. 

Sa teaser na ito walang dialogue na nakalagay pero malinaw nitong ipinapaliwanag ang hook o ang conflict ng kwento. Gumagamit din ito ng tinatawag na technique kung saan ang isa sa mahahalagang bagay ay ipinipresente subalit hindi nire-reveal ang identity nito. Ang mambabasa ay maiintriga kaya't nanaisin niyang basahin o bilhin ang aklat. 

Pwedeng ganito:

(How Did I fall in Love with You by Martha Cecilia)

  Hindi gusto ni Ronan si Laurel, the most popular girl in the campus, the girl who could smile away the thunder and kiss away the rain. She was a snob, too.

  At lalong hindi rin gusto ni Laurel si Ronan, the most infamous guy in the campus. Wild and crude...and, well, gorgeous. Hindi niya gustong aminin iyon.

  Theirs was a case of hate at first sight. 

Dito makikita ang pangalan ng main characters at ang kanilang conflicting personalities. Ang main conflict shempre ay na-inlove sila sa isa't-isa. 


Minsan ay gumagamit sila ng dialogue para sa teaser:


(Wild Enchantment 2)


   "Puno ang schedule ang buong linggo ko. sa Biyernes ay patungo tayo sa Batangas. Nabanggit ko na sa iyong may meeting ako sa labor union doon. At magiging abala na ako...So the wedding could be set on Wednesday next week," patuloy nito na tila ba ang pinag-uusapan ay ang pagbaba at pagtaas ng stock market. "Yes, Wednesday next week is perfect."
   Jordan proposed to marry her to keep her form doing any more mischief - at upang huwag na niyang habulin pa si Rowel. Proposed? No, he didn't propose. Ipinaalam nito sa kanya na magpapakasal sila - sa ayaw at sa gusto niya!


Dito sa teaser/synopsis nito ay makikita ang ilan sa mga dialogue na nasa loob ng aklat mismo. Paraan ito para makita ang main conflict sa pagitan ng mga character. 

Kaya rin itong gawin sa isang paragraph lamang.

Tulad nito: 

(Suzanna's Surrender by Nora Roberts) 

Burned-out and tired as hell, all ex-cop Hold Bradford wanted to do was relax. But when beautiful single mom Suzanna invaded his solitude to search for the missing Calhoun emeralds, he couldn't say no. Hold had changed from a bad-boy teen to a dangerously sexy man, but Suzanna couldn't risk well-ordered life for a man who made her mouth go dry...


OTHER EXAMPLES:

Raine hated weddings, but only on the surface. She actually loved them, the gown, the cake and the promise of a life together. But in her life men have proven that happily ever after doesn't exist. Between her father who cheated on her mother, to her ex-boyfriends who cheated on her and her ex-fiancee who turned out to have fathered a child while they were together, she was done with men. Hercules loved weddings, but only on the surface. His events company has so many weddings to put together that he never wants to put up with it if it was up to him. Plus, bride's can get a little bit too horny for his own good. As far as he was concerned once a man gets down on one knee, they never get up from that position.

Ang goal ng teaser ay makumbinsi mo, makiliti mo ang isipan ng reader para basahin niya ang iyong sinulat. Kung boring ang teaser mo iisipin ng reader na boring ang story mo. Kung maraming mali sa teaser mo, iisipin nila na sasakit lang ang ulo nila if they read your story. So be vigilant.

 

T.O.P. NOVEL CHAPTER FORMAT

CHAPTER ONE 6

Seoul, South Korea, 2010...
NAKATAYO si Jaime sa may arrival gate nang makita ito ni Yongbae. 1
2"Jaime!" 3sigaw ni Yongbae.
Lumingon siya at nakita ang kumakaway na kasintahan. Kung hindi lang mabigat ang hand-carry niya ay nagawa sana niyang tumakbo at yakapin ito. Pero hindi na kinailangan dahil ito na mismo ang gumawa noon.
Sarap... 4kinikilig siya sa higpit ng yakap at sa mumunting halik na iginagawad nito sa kanyang mukha.
"Anong gusto mong unang gawin?" tanong nito sa kanya nang makalabas na sila ng airport.
"Pwede bang..."nahihiya man siyang sabihin ay tinanong na rin niya, "matulog muna ako?"
Natawa ito sa tinanong niya. "Hindi pwede," bigla nitong sagot. 
"Bakeeeeet?5" eksaherado niyang tanong.
"Unless katabi mo ako, hindi pwedeng matulog." 
"Sabi ko nga eh, 'wag na lang." naiinis niyang ungot.
“Ayaw mo akong katabi?" tila nalulungkot nitong tanong.
“Hindi," ngumuso siya dito sa inis, "rapist ka eh."
"Hoy, ah! Anong akala mo sa akin? Virgin pa ako,noh!"


NAIINIS pa rin si Yongbae sa sinabi ni Jaime kanina. Sana ay hindi na lang nito iyon ginawa.
“Hyung, okay ka lang ba?” tanong ni Daesong sa kanya.

1. Ang UNANG SALITA sa inyong chapter/bagong scene/change of Point of View or POV ay dapat na BOLD at ALL CAPS.

2. Dapat naka-indent ang mga sumunod na parts ng scene na un, dialogue man siya or naration. 
*kapag inyong kinopya sa TOP.com ay hindi lalabas ang indent pero mas magaling na masanay na tayo dahil sa publishing house dapat ganun ang format. 

3. Dapat ay maliit ang unang letra ng salitang susunod sa "dialogue"

4. Ang mga "mental dialogue" ay dapat na naka italics.

5. WAG GUMAMIT NG ?! sa panulat. Mamili kung ito ay tanong or hindi. Kung ito ay isang tanong use ? kung ito ay sumisigaw lang use ! (ang gagamit nito ay papakainin ko ng mga punctuation marks)

6. BOLD and ALL CAPS ang CHAPTER NUMBER

7. Para sa mga text messages gumamit ng ganitong format 'text message' Use regular words. I-bold or gawin italics ito kung diary entry or message o note
   
   'Are you home?' Napangiti ako kasi kakahiwalay lang namin ay nag-text na agad ito.

8. Ang .. walang ibig sabihin sa panulat. Gumamit ng ellipsis ... ng maayos. 

9. Remember na ipabasa muna sa at least two friends ang kwento bago ipasa ang novel. Sa totoong publication me reader one and two bago pa ang editor.

10. Tandaan na 10 chapters of 10-12 chapters lang dapat.

2,500 words per chapter = 25,000 words (maximum)
2,400 words per chapter = 24,000 words (minimum)
Check out the word count rule sa TOP Tutorial : Writing Workshop 

11. TIMES NEW ROMAN 12 double spaced one inch margin = for novel submission 

This is to help form uniformity. Sundin na lang natin ang mainstream format para masanay tayo. At para in the future ay makapagpublish man kayo sa pub house, hindi mauubos ang buhok ng editor nyo. Basic lang ito at base sa rules ng isang pub haus.

Magbasa ng iba pang advice sa paggamit ng mga bagay bagay sa wikang English at Filipino. Ito ay isang compressed version lang. ^_^

At please, wag na wag kayong magagalit o maiinis sa editor in secret. Send me a hate mail anytime you need to say something. Wag matakot magsabi ng totoong nararamdaman. Para walang gulo.

All the revisions are made for the improvement of your novel. Learn from it. Don't pout and say na ayaw ninyong magpa-edit. Hindi yan ang kalakaran ng totoong buhay. We have a standard to follow. Here in T.O.P. bawal ang feeling nila wala na silang kamalian sa katawan. We are a family and family help each other kahit masakit tanggapin minsan.

~ Epal in Chief Pinay

NETIQUETTE

Disclaimer: This might be T.O.P. forum specific at times. I will try to be as general as I possibly can.

1. The key work is RESPECT.

If you need me to explain this to you, you need to go back to your GMRC classes and retake basic human respect. Seriously. Or google the dictionary meaning of respect.

I have a firm my blog, my opinion policy.Whatever I write on my personal blog is my opinion. If I am in a social site or a forum, I try to respect the opinion of other people. If I disagree with them I make sure I don't use fallacies like attacking their person so I can debunk their premise or conclusion.
That just show that you are dumber than the other person.

2. Quote only the parts you agree in.

It's a little difficult to read through a dozen quotes just to find a smiley in the end. It takes up space. So if you must, quote the parts that you want to react to not the entire conversation.

3. Own up to your words.

I hate people who troll other people's sites and forums as Anonymous. I mean, if you have an opinion, express it and own up to it.

4. Nonfiction not fiction, if you can, stick to the truth.

I have encountered a lot of liars online. It seems to be a thing for a time. But if one wants to make real friends, then it's best to tell them who you really are and what you really are.

Since we are living almost half of our lives through our profiles, we need to make sure that 98% of our online self is the real us. We can keep the 2% for our deep dark secrets and for the photoshoped versions of ourselves.

I would hate to know that the real person behind the online persona that I liked or befriended is pure fiction. I would not believe anything else that person would say after that. Liars, offline and online are lame.

5. Use your words.

Smileys and jejemon speak is a big no-no. Especially if the forum that you are in include people from all walks of life. This is a mortal sin if you are in a writing site or a writer's forum.

No matter the reason, it's unacceptable, irritating and downright dumb. (I know I am being harsh but the truth often hurts.)

So all in all, there are a million other things we do wrong online. Don't even start on my hentai addiction. (opps...did I say that out loud? *makes penance*) But although the internet is a tool that is neither good or evil, so was the Orb of Aldur. (if you understood that reference and you are a single guy, call me. ^_^)
What we do with it and what we will it to do determines whether or not WE are the good guy or the bad guy.

So respect your neighbors, and by neighbors I mean other netizens.

Capish?